ARPA Funding (American Rescue Plan Act)

ARPA Funding (American Rescue Plan Act)

Status: COMPLETED - One-time funding opportunity. This was a historic, one-time federal relief funding opportunity. Awards were distributed in early 2024.

Overview: The Guilford Board of Selectmen chose The Guilford Foundation to partner with the town to distribute $1 million in federal funding to charitable organizations impacted by COVID-19 through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

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Award Amount: Individual grants ranged from $5,000 - $75,000

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Geographic Scope: Guilford, Connecticut area

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Why TGF Was Selected: Guilford First Selectman Matt Hoey stated: "The Guilford Foundation is one of the trusted organizations on the shoreline in assessing the needs of nonprofits in Guilford. They were instrumental in getting COVID relief funding to individuals and families. In my mind's eye, there's no better choice."

2023 ARPA Funding Recipients (34 organizations awarded $1,000,000):
APK Charities Corporation ($35,000), BHcare ($30,000), Central Connecticut Coast YMCA/Soundview Family YMCA ($25,000), Community Dining Room ($35,000), Community Nursery School ($52,000), Faulkner's Light Brigade ($26,000), Guilford Agricultural Society ($30,000), Guilford Art Center ($75,000), Guilford Center for Children ($23,000), Guilford Community Television ($37,000), Guilford Fund for Education ($55,000), Guilford Interfaith Volunteers ($75,000), Guilford Keeping Society ($26,000), Guilford Performing Arts Festival/GreenStage Guilford ($50,000), Guilford Sailing Foundation ($5,000), Junior Achievement of Southwest New England ($25,000), Knights of Columbus Council #3928 ($10,000), Legacy Theatre ($18,500), Move to Heal ($15,000), Neighborhood Music School ($20,000), North Guilford Nursery School ($10,000), Orchard House Medical Adult Day Center ($20,000), Paul Dostie KARE Foundation ($15,000), Read to Grow Inc. ($10,000), Shoreline Arts Alliance ($18,000), Shoreline Village CT ($10,000), Starship Dance Theater & Company ($35,000), The Connecticut Hospice ($75,000), The Cove Center for Grieving Children ($5,000), The Dorothy Whitfield Historical Society ($26,000), The Dudley Foundation/The Dudley Farm Museum ($26,000), The Ethan Miller Song Foundation ($25,000), Witness Stones Project ($7,500), Women and Family Life Center ($50,000)